Yoga Vasistha [sanskrit]

223,437 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519

The Sanskrit edition of the Yoga-vasistha including English translation and grammatical analysis. The Yogavasistha is a Hindu spiritual text written by Valmiki (who also authored the Ramayana) dealing with the philosophical topics from the Advaita-vedanta school. Chronologically it precedes the Ramayana.

Verse 2.8.3

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तत्रैव मूढमतिभिर्दैवमस्तीति निश्चयः ।
आत्तो दुरवबोधेन रज्ज्वामिव भुजंगमः ॥ ३ ॥

tatraiva mūḍhamatibhirdaivamastīti niścayaḥ |
ātto duravabodhena rajjvāmiva bhujaṃgamaḥ || 3 ||

From this the ignorant are led to believe that there is a thing as destiny: the inscrutability of which has led them to the fallacy as that of the supposition of a snake in a rope.
English translation by Vihari-Lala Mitra (1891) Read online Buy now!

Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (2.8.3). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Tatraiva, Mudhamati, Daiva, Asti, Iti, Nishcaya, Atta, Duravabodha, Rajju, Iva, Bhujangama,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Yoga Vasistha Verse 2.8.3). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

Line 1: “tatraiva mūḍhamatibhirdaivamastīti niścayaḥ ”
tatraiva -
tatraiva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]
mūḍhamatibhir -
mūḍhamati (noun, masculine)

[instrumental plural]

mūḍhamati (noun, neuter)

[instrumental plural]

mūḍhamati (noun, feminine)

[instrumental plural]
daivam -
daiva (noun, masculine)

[adverb], [accusative single]

daiva (noun, neuter)

[adverb], [nominative single], [accusative single]
astī -
asti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]

astī (noun, masculine)

[compound], [adverb], [vocative single]

astī (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]

astī (noun, neuter)

[compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]

√as (verb class 2)

[present active third single]
iti -
iti (indeclinable particle)

[indeclinable particle]

iti (noun, feminine)

[compound], [adverb]
niścayaḥ -
niścaya (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
Line 2: “ātto duravabodhena rajjvāmiva bhujaṃgamaḥ ”
ātto* -
ātta (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]
duravabodhena -
duravabodha (noun, masculine)

[instrumental single]

duravabodha (noun, neuter)

[instrumental single]
rajjvām -
rajju (noun, feminine)

[locative single]
iva -
iva (indeclinable adverb)

[indeclinable adverb]

iva (indeclinable)

[indeclinable]
bhujaṅgamaḥ -
bhujaṅgama (noun, masculine)

[nominative single]